βῶλος
bolos
lump, clod of earth
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βῶλος, ἡ, less freq. ὁ (v. sub fin.), A. lump, clod of earth, εἴκοι δʼ ὑπὸ βῶλος ἀρότρῳ Od. 18.374; ὑγρᾶς ἀρούρας β. Aj. 1286; ὡς βαλῶ ταύτῃ τῇ βώλῳ Cyr. 8.3.27; β. ἀνιστάναι Rom. 11; βῶλος ἄρουραν, prov. ‘carrying coals to Newcastle’, 2.74; esp. of earth fraudulently mixed with corn, POxy. 708.8 (ii A. D.); cf. ἄβωλος. 2. in Poets, land, soil, βαθεῖαν β. ἀροῦντες 4.37, cf. AP 9.561 (), etc.; Λίβυσσα κρύψει β. Ἀννίβου δέμας Orac. ap. Flam. 20, cf. Or. 3.125b. 3. generally, lump, as of gold, nugget, Mir. 833b11, 3.2.8; χρυσέα βῶλος, of the sun, Fr. 783, cf. Or. 984 (lyr.); β. μολίβδου 3.14. 4. = βωλίτης, Sch. Al. 526. 5. = σπαργάνιον, Ps.- 4.21 (v. l.). (Fem. acc. to 37, 95; masc. in l.c., 40.47, PHolm. 2.31, etc.)
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